21&22 June 2011 ⎜Auckland

Epsom Room 2, SkyCity Auckland Convention Centre, 88 Federal Street

AS/NZS 7000:2010 - Overhead Line Design

Programme, Day 1
Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Registration | 9.30am
10.00am | Peter Berry (Executive Director), EEA
Introduction & Overview

10.10am | Bryan Simmonds (Consultant), Bryan Simmonds Ltd

Overview of Standard Development
− Legal aspects, cost implication
− Structure of document
− Translation from HB Cb1
− AS/NZS 7000:2010 - Overhead Line Design Handbook HB331

10.30am | Henry Hawes (Consultant)

Design Philosophies
− Limit states
− Design life
− Reliability levels
− Design wind loadings
− Strength coordination

11.00am | Bryan Simmonds

Electrical Requirements
− Current considerations
− Insulation system design
− Lightning design
− Electrical effect considerations
− Electrical clearance requirements

12:00pm | Bryan Simmonds

Insulators
− Insulation basics
− Insulation coordination - lines and substations
− Electrical and Mechanical design
− Characteristics of insulators
− Insulator selection
− Insulation guidelines

Lunch | 12.30pm
1.30pm | Robert Lake (Senior Development Engineer), Transpower NZ Ltd
Conductors and Overhead Earthwires
− Electrical requirements

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− Mechanical requirements
− Environmental considerations
− Conductor selection

2.30pm | Rodger Griffiths (Westpower Asset Manager), ElectroNet Services Ltd

Earthing Systems - Risk based approach
Afternoon Tea | 3.00pm

3.30pm | Robert Lake

Life Extension of Existing Overhead Lines

4.00pm | Henry Hawes

Structure Foundations
− Soil parameters
− Tower footing design
− Pole footing design
− Guy anchorages

5.00pm | Group Discussion

Close of Day 1 | 5.30pm

Programme, Day 2
Wednesday, 22 June 2011
Tea & Coffee | 8.00am
8.30am | Henry Hawes
Basis of Structural Design
− Limit States
− Actions
− Material Properties
− Actions
− Load combinations and load cases
Supports
− Design considerations
− Materials and design
− Maintenance facilities
− Load Testing
− Appendix B Wind Loadings

9.30am| Robert Lake

− Special Forces
− Seismic Loads
− Snow and Ice Loads
Morning Tea | 10.00am

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10.30am | Robert Lake

− Lattice Steel Towers
− Self Supporting and Guyed Masts
− Steel Pole Design

11.10am | Henry Hawes

Timber Poles

11.50pm | Ross McLennan

Other Pole Construction
− Concrete Poles
− Composite Fibre Pole

Lunch | 12.30pm

1.30pm | Henry Hawes

Worked Examples - Timber pole and concrete pole designs
− Design parameters
− Conductor selection
− Earthwire selection
− Layout requirements

2.00pm | Ross McLennan (Business Development Manager), Busck Prestressed

Concrete Ltd
Worked Examples - Timber pole and concrete pole designs
− Structural design parameters
− Wind loads, security levels
− Concrete pole design
− Load Testing

Afternoon Tea | 3.00pm

3.30pm | Henry Hawes & Ross McLennan

Worked Examples - Timber pole and concrete pole designs (Continued)

4.00pm | Henry Hawes

Worked Example - 11kV Single Circuit Concrete Poles
Worked Example - Seismic Design of Transformer & Stayed poles.

4.30pm | Panel Discussion

Questions

Close of Workshop | 5.00pm

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